But over all the speed advantage seems solidly in the 49ers' favor.

If he seemed solidly in his mid-twenties, what age was this boy who looked only in his late teens?

His department was administered but poorly; nonetheless, he was well connected and seemed solidly in control.

Graves also got in a game-ending dunk before a crowd that seemed solidly behind the Panthers.

But despite grumbling on the right about Mr. Bush, many people at the convention seemed solidly in his camp.

Then, when he seemed solidly on the road to recovery, he was set back by the death of his mother, Violet, from cancer, on Mother's Day.

Luckily his fans seem solidly on the side of The Hump.

That was not what Mr. Wagoner envisioned a couple of years ago, when G.M. seemed solidly on a path to better performance.

Pedro F. Garcia, a psychiatrist in Atlanta, said his patients seemed solidly in favor of the war.

Now Mr. Kabila seems solidly in front.